Ken Dryden

I'm interested in the following: $7 each: Sylvia Cuenca The Crossing Etoile Records Nathan Davis The Other Side of Morning Tomorrow International Eric Alexander Sextet Full Range Criss Cross

You can't go wrong with any of Eddie Higgins' recordings for Venus, as he has become a favorite of Tetsuo Hara. I second that both he and Meredith are extremely gracious people. My one chance to hear Eddie was at the Atlanta Jazz Party a few years back. Great fun!

PM sent on: Blue Mitchell A Sure Thing Riverside OJC $5 Alex Sipiagin Prints Criss Cross $7 Seamus Blake Way Out Willy Criss Cross $7

I can think of a number of Blue Note CDs by Donaldson which are no longer in my collection. A lot of it was commercial schlock.

Kind of Blah is more like it...

Unless you need the money immediately, I'd hold onto the Farmer/Golson set, as it is easily going to be worth more than $20 disc within a few years.

Lenny Breau & Richard Cotten: Pickin' Cotten Erroll Garner: Mambo Moves Garner

Neil Swainson, his long time bassist, told me during the 2008 IAJE that George was getting forgetful, so he evidently has retired from performing. But it was a nice long run...Happy Birthday, George!

Whoopee, what hip listening she does... I don't think I'll miss anything by not reading her column.

Not even $100 per disc, with shipping.... Remember what P.T. Barnum said... and we don't even know if it is a low number, or one marked "promo" like mine!

She would be a distracting opponent...

Sellers have to offer paypal as an option to buyers. Some people get caught up in the moment in auctions instead of doing a bit of research before clicking "Bid now." I remember a guy in a store having a used LP reissue of Charlie Parker's Bird at St. Nick's while it was still in print for $15. Buyer beware.

Well, no one is forcing anyone to use ebay, or deal with a seller who has excessive shipping fees. I have been less enthusiastic about selling on ebay since they required accepting paypal, as there is no easy way to exclude credit and debit card transactions. I tried listing that in my offerings and winners often overlooked/ignored it. But ebay had to do something with all of the fraud that was taking place due to certain crooked sellers.

What's crazy are the shipping charges for boxed sets from San Francisco seller. $36, $45? Sounds like someone is more interested in keeping ebay's mits off of more of the purchase price. I've always found this a little unsavory.

Sent to me today: _____________________________________ You have get a Tax Refund on your Visa or MasterCard. Complete the formular, and get your Tax Refund. (Your Refund Amount Is $620.50) Complete Formular _____________________________________ I guess English isn't his primary language.

Try this one: http://www.billboard.com/news/barbra-strei...004000986.story Sorry, but this singer's ego has long exceeded her talent for me.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...nment/e165104D7 Even if I were in NYC at the time, I think I'd be doing something else.

Here are the items missing from my order: Hampton Hawes: Piano East/West Ernie Henry: Seven Standards & a Blues Steve Lacy: Evidence Freddie Hubbard: Keystone Bop Sunday Night Arnett Cobb: Blow, Arnett, Blow Jimmy Forrest: Sit Down and Relax With Jimmy Not a bad fill rate, I received 53 CDs.

PM sent on Rene Urtreger - En Direct D'Antives (Universal Music France, 2003 edition, cardboard digipack) - $8

I have tried various brands of Music CD-Rs, but it has been impossible to find good brands locally at a decent price and package size (50+). I've had success with both Maxell and Sony, though I've seen a few posts recommending Taio-Yuden. Two questions: where do you buy Music CDRs on line? What brands have you used with success? Please note that I use a stand alone unit, not a computer, so I am reluctant to purchase any CDRs that are not specifically labeled for music. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

Not only do I find Stuart Nicholson's writing bland, but his books usually contain dozens of obvious errors with dates, misspelled names and even albums attributed to sideman instead of the leaders, among other problems. The one on the resurgence of jazz in the eighties was very sloppy.

I haven't heard anything else from the publisher or editor about future contributions since my chat with Mark a few months ago.

Posters, particularly those new to the board, should be treated in a civil manner. Sometimes the excessive praise of smooth jazz artists comes off as a bit ridiculous and may inflame some of us who have collected, broadcast, written about (and in some cases, played) jazz for decades. I really lost my cool when an uncredited liner note writer in the poorly conceived Legends of Jazz DVD (which included Jane Monheit, among several other non-legends) boxed set called David Sanborn "one of the greatest saxophonists of all time" (I could produce a long list of saxophonists who are far more accomplished, as could most of this board's posters) while ignoring Phil Woods, who was in the very same DVD episode. That is simply gross ignorance on the part of the writer, as if putting Kenny G ahead of Johnny Hodges or Sidney Bechet. Sales alone does not make a musician great, nor should success be a determining factor as to whether one likes an artist or not.